Weather Records on 7 October 1934

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1934. Highest significance: Dharmapuri, IN.

Key Facts for 7 October 1934

On 7 October 1934, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 224 daily.
Dharmapuri set a daily record precipitation of 120.9 mm (4.8 in) on 7 October 1934.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 7 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 64.

Records on 7 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

177 broken records

Margins by which the 177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1934

Top 20 records on 7 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1934	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1934	Valapady, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Gariabund, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Sendamangalam, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Ettumanur, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Gunnison 3SW, US	monthly high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Brevard, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Marshallville 6 S, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Ravenna, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Rasipuram, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Shenkursk, RU	daily low min	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Lovelock, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Weribone, AU	daily rain	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Thalli, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1934	Americus, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1934. 1934 had 237 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	169
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1